Fishing Reports by Capt. George Welcome

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Yesterday's fishing was what you could call slow without exaggeration. The day prior opening temperatures were 33 at the ramp, but it did warm up into the 60's. Yesterday's opening temperatures were in the low 40's but it was t-shirt time by no more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Kenansville Lake Date Fished: 1/4/06 Water Temperature: 68 Water Clarity: 2-3 feet Scott and I had the opportunity to just get out and fish for fun so we opted to do some research on Kenansville Lake. This lake is one of the sister lakes to th more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - This report is late in filing and covers the last two weeks of December. It was a period of some really good fishing and some really poor fishing depending on whether the wind howled or laid down long enough to give you the chance to work the l more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - The culmination of all your planning for a fishing adventure hopefully ends with good weather, calm winds, and bass that not only are willing to cooperate, but are willing to do so with gusto. You have done all that you can on your end. You did more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - What we don't have: Snow, temperatures that are freezing, ice on the lake; none of these are in the forecast - I promise. What we do have: black water, sunshine, bass that don't know braid from mono, or any other line that you can thin more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - The hours that we as Fishing Guides live by are extreme. Our typical day starts at 3-4 AM in preparation, and then we fish for 8 hours. By the time we get home it is about 4 PM, and then we have to answer e-mails and such. There is also 1-2 hou more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - >Keeping up with reports about the Stick Marsh is pretty much a daily chore from now until the end of June. We hope for those that come with their boats it gives some assistance and that you are able to profit from them and have a better day th more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Mike Moore and his son Dan came for the last part of their trip on Sunday - A 1/2 day of fishing ahead of them and five dozen shiners gave them hope for that elusive 10+ pound bass. Dan spent the better part of the morning throwing artifi more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - Saturday there was no shortage of Bass, pickerels, fishermen, or fishermen with shiners at the Marsh, and it seems that they decided this weekend to all come together in an area that is no bigger than the parking lot. The spillway area was the more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13

Stick Marsh & Farm 13 - 1:30 PM and 12 dozen shiners had been disposed of by two fishermen. The location: the spillway discharge area. The method: free-lined shiners. The results: many big fish, but the elusive 10-pound+ fish escaped them. They came close, but it just more...
Capt. George Welcome - Stick Marsh-Farm 13